Hélène de Lauzun is the Paris correspondent for The European Conservative. She studied at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris. She taught French literature and civilization at Harvard and received a Ph.D. in History from the Sorbonne. She is the author of Histoire de l’Autriche (Perrin, 2021).
Mobilisation Against Pension Reform at a Turning Point

Mobilisation Against Pension Reform at a Turning Point

The bill is progressing in the Senate but is more unpopular than ever in public opinion. It crystallises a certain number of resentments plied against the president and his government.

March 10, 2023
French Right: Youth Conversation Cuts ‘Cordon Sanitaire’

French Right: Youth Conversation Cuts ‘Cordon Sanitaire’

The outcry caused by a simple article proves that the road to the Union of the Rights is still long, extremely long. But the seeds have been sown, and time is on the Right side.

March 9, 2023
International Declaration of Casablanca To Ban Surrogacy

International Declaration of Casablanca To Ban Surrogacy

The approach initiated in Casablanca is new in that it does not call for a simple framework for surrogacy, as is already the case in several countries, but for its pure and simple abolition.

March 7, 2023
Catholic Nuns Compelled To Leave the City of Nantes

Catholic Nuns Compelled To Leave the City of Nantes

Seeing two Catholic nuns leave the field in this way gives witness to the argument, shared by many on the Right, that they’ve been dispossessed by their country.

March 7, 2023
France Legislates To Protect Children Online

France Legislates To Protect Children Online

There is now a consensus among French politicians to tackle these serious problems that affect today’s excessively connected societies.

March 5, 2023
Amnesty International Guilty of Discrimination Against Women in Hungary

Amnesty International Guilty of Discrimination Against Women in Hungary

Amnesty International, despite its rhetoric, is no better than any other company regarding respect for women at work, especially when it comes to the thorny issue of maternity.

March 4, 2023
Rebelling Against Our Domestic Passivity: An Interview with <strong>Laurent Obertone</strong>

Rebelling Against Our Domestic Passivity: An Interview with <strong>Laurent Obertone</strong>

We must fight on all fronts; reinvest in and renew fields that have been neglected: culture, the arts, media, etc. The reconquest of our countries depends above all on the reconquest of our minds.

March 3, 2023
WSJ Reports Macron and Scholz Urged Zelensky to Start Peace Negotiations

WSJ Reports Macron and Scholz Urged Zelensky to Start Peace Negotiations

The French president explained that Volodymyr Zelensky had been “a great war leader” up to that point, but that he now had to complete his transformation into a true statesman, even at the cost of “difficult decisions.”

March 2, 2023
France: Unrepresentative Citizen Convention Supports Euthanasia

France: Unrepresentative Citizen Convention Supports Euthanasia

Everything has been done by the French government to prevent a balanced debate on the end of life, and to ensure a pro-euthanasia outcome.

February 28, 2023
Homicide or Not? Unborn Baby Killed in Road Accident Reopens the Debate

Homicide or Not? Unborn Baby Killed in Road Accident Reopens the Debate

What could have been a local news item has taken on the scale of a national scandal and revived a long-lasting controversy: can killing a child in the womb of its mother be considered homicide?

February 17, 2023
French Assembly Poisoned by Debates Over Pension Reform

French Assembly Poisoned by Debates Over Pension Reform

In the war currently underway in the hemicycle of the Palais Bourbon, all blows—even low ones— seem to be allowed.

February 15, 2023
Right-Wing Coalition Wins Local Elections in Italy

Right-Wing Coalition Wins Local Elections in Italy

Thanks to this result, the right-wing coalition led by Meloni is now in charge of 15 of the 20 regions that make up the Italian Republic.

February 15, 2023